Chapter 1: Escape

  "Alan, your vacation has exceeded the time limit, return immediately!"

  "I've been looking for you, if I find you first, you can imagine what the outcome will be. Get in touch with me, at least let me know where you are."

  "I now confirm that you have left me, it seems like you've forgotten that all your beautiful dollars are with me. If you don't show up again, I think this money is enough for me to hire tens of thousands of top-notch hitmen and play a joke on you. This is the last warning!"

  "Forget what I said earlier, you can continue your vacation, but now please contact me, let's pretend nothing happened."

  "Sorry, did you kidnap or harm Aln? Please tell me, I think I'll shed a few tears."

  "This joke is funny, I thought you would try to send me your finger or that thing that once pleased me, so you can get rid of me completely, you selfish, cowardly, despicable person, you actually escaped!"

  "Alright, we're going our separate ways from now on. You've disappointed me greatly. Come and take your money, I don't want to have anything more to do with you!"

  The man finished reading the last message that popped up after booting, smiled, and casually threw his phone out of the window. He couldn't hear the sound of the phone hitting the ground, not because the car was going too fast, but because the East African Great Rift Valley beside the road had a drop of at least 600 meters.

  "Sir, all of these credit cards have been deactivated."

  The man couldn't help but smile wryly, his actions were really fast, but he had already changed identities and run around the world twice, that was enough.

  "I'm paying in cash."

  "Is it Bujumbura flying to Northern China's ticket?"

  The man nodded.

  ……

  Beicheng

  The receptionist, Li Na, stopped the stranger who was about to walk straight in and said, "Sir, are you here for an interview? Please come and register your information."

  The registration content is not complicated, just the name and time. At that time, an interview will be arranged according to the order of time. Others are done with a few strokes, but this person hesitated for a moment, took out his wallet, slightly lifted his ID card, took a look, and then wrote down his name on the registration form: Wu Lun.

  This strange scene made Li Na a bit distracted. Wu Lun glanced at the name tag on the girl's chest and smiled, "Li Na? You can call me Ah Lun from now on."

  Li Na smiled slightly and said, "Aren, you can sit there and wait for a while, and we will arrange an interview for you later."

  As Wu Lun turned around, Li Na's face suddenly felt a little hot. She had actually called out like that, but it had seemed so natural at the time. Now, however, she realized it sounded a bit frivolous. But this person was strange too - there were over ten people interviewing for only one investment manager position today, and it wasn't even certain if he would be able to stay with the company. So what was the point of calling him Ah Lun or Wu Lun anyway?

  Wu Lun glanced at the six or seven people sitting there, sat down quietly without greeting anyone, crossed one leg over the other, propped his elbow on his head and closed his eyes to rest. His original plan was to go directly to Qingcheng, a remote inland city, but plans are always just plans. He was stopped by a woman who claimed to be a university student, saying she had been robbed and needed 10 yuan to get back to school. As he took out his wallet, he himself was robbed. The woman even shouted loudly, pulled out all the US dollars and threw Wu Lun's wallet in another direction... He didn't even have enough money to stay in a hotel, so he could only use the change in his pants pocket to spend the night in an internet cafe...

  "Wu Lun?" Li Na called out from the front desk, but Wu Lun didn't make a sound, seemingly asleep. Li Na was inwardly screaming, what kind of person is this?! She had no choice but to get up from her seat and walk towards him. The gazes of the men waiting for interviews all converged on her, taking in her slender figure, full and upright breasts, narrow waist, and long legs that shone like jade. Faced with such a woman, men's instinctual response should be to look up, wondering what kind of beautiful face would match such a perfect figure, and engrave it in their minds, completing their fantasy. But these men didn't do that. Compared to her perfect figure, they had already seen the woman's face, which was good enough, but had a red, rough, and hot complexion, like the "red second team" people often talked about.

  Li Na could only see the slightly bowed eyes of these people, unable to meet their gaze, and sighed inwardly, having experienced a lot didn't think it was strange anymore.

  She walked up and patted Wu Lun's shoulder, "Your turn." In the time it took Wu Lun to rub his eyes and face, she turned around and left. She heard the men's gasps behind her, not needing to see their faces to know they were letting their imaginations run wild. Li Na didn't doubt that her back view could make those men swallow hard. With a mischievous glance back, she saw the men scattering, avoiding eye contact, as if one person was missing - Wu Lun had vanished without a trace. She felt inexplicably lost for a moment, thinking to herself that it should be the other way around, with him being attracted and stopping in his tracks.

  ……

  "Oregon's Portland Christian University Master of International Finance?" The woman who claimed to be the investment director raised an eyebrow with a hint of disdain.

  Wu Lun did not respond, the other party's disdainful gaze made him uncomfortable. The woman was young enough, even younger than himself, and of course, beautiful enough, with a bright temperament. Wu Lun never believed that such a young and beautiful woman could be so simple to sit in the position of investment director, but he didn't want to provoke this kind of woman now, so he just put on a calm gaze and remained silent.

  There was also a man in his thirties who interviewed Wu Lun together. The woman smiled at the man and said, "Oregon is the place where fake diplomas are most rampant in the United States. There are at least two hundred new fake school names emerging every year." After finishing speaking, she glanced at Wu Lun, but Wu Lun still smiled calmly, as if he didn't care. He picked up the phone next to him and said, "Sun Jia, help me check the official website of American education to see if there is a Portland Christian University in Oregon." After finishing speaking, he didn't hang up the phone, staring at Wu Lun's reaction, but Wu Lun still looked calm and composed.

  In less than a moment, a response came from the other side. The woman's eyes had an even thicker tone of disdain, "Sorry, Mr. Wu, my assistant has checked and there is no such university in the United States."

  Wu Lun smiled calmly, "The Polish Technological University of Christ is relatively conservative and does not want to accept government subsidies or apply for government certification. Therefore, it cannot be found on the official website of American academic qualifications. Of course, if you want to further verify, I can give you the phone number of the school's academic administration department."

  The woman raised an eyebrow, her pale face slightly flushed. The man in his thirties next to her finally spoke up, "Hehe, sorry about that, verifying academic credentials is just our standard procedure, it's not what we value most, what we care more about is actual work ability."

  Wu Lun nodded, "I understand this, I don't have work experience, so my education background is naturally the focus of the examination. And the university I attended is relatively unknown, it's normal to verify it." Wu Lun smiled, thinking that the other party wouldn't really ask for the school's phone number, but he really couldn't provide one, because there was no such university!

  "Alright, thank you for your understanding. Let's leave it at that for today. Please wait a few more days for our notification. Regardless of whether it works out or not, we will give you a reply." The man said as he handed Wu Lun a business card, Lu Chong, General Manager of Beicheng Revitalization Investment Management Company.

  Wu Lun took the business card and smiled awkwardly, "I urgently need to find a job, I have interviews with several other companies today, maybe one of them will give me an on-the-spot reply. In order not to miss the opportunity, I hope your company can give me a reply today."

  Not only was the woman stunned, but Lü Zhòng was also taken aback. He had interviewed many people, but this was the first time someone had made such a request!

  "The woman said coldly, 'First, we are selecting the best candidates and there are still others waiting to be interviewed, so we cannot give you an answer now; second, your educational background needs further verification; third, we have not yet discussed the issue of compensation.'"

  Wu Lun smiled, "I can wait here for others to finish their interviews. As for the treatment, I don't have any requirements. Regarding my education background, I think there will be a probation period, right? If I prove my abilities during that time, then as you said, education background isn't important."

  Lü Chóng re-examined the other party, this young man was interesting, he was the first to see someone who could talk back to Cheng Lù without being at a disadvantage. "Are you eager to find work?" Lü Chóng asked.

  Wu Lun smiled wryly, "I'm now penniless, I need to find a place to live and urgently need money. If there's no result here, I'll have to go elsewhere to find work as soon as possible, I don't want to spend another night in an internet cafe."

  "Which other companies are you going to interview with?"

  "I have posted many job resumes online, if none of them work out, I am considering taking on part-time jobs such as washing dishes or bowls, although these are not very suitable for me."

  Lü Zhòng chuckled and said, "You can go rest in the front hall first, we will give you an answer as soon as possible."

  As soon as Wu Long left, Cheng Lai's face relaxed and she chuckled, "It's a great idea to let him be a dishwasher."

  Others left after the interview, but Li Na saw Wu Lun go and come back, continuing to sit there and rest. Although the hall was spacious enough, he was in a resting area on one side. As the people being interviewed walked out one by one, only Wu Lun was left sitting alone, dozing off, becoming an object of attention for colleagues coming and going. After eating lunch, Li Na saw that he was still there, with almost no change in posture, clearly showing that he hadn't eaten lunch. Li Na felt a pang of sympathy for him, hesitating about whether to talk to him for a bit. This emotional fluctuation had just occurred when she suddenly saw Wu Lun staring at her with his eyes open, and the phone on the front desk rang, startling her.

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